{"podcast":{"title":"Speak In Flow","slug":"speak-in-flow-6304208","podcast_index_feed_id":6304208,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/speak-in-flow/","website_url":"https://speak-in-flow.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/bd3bf705-9ea7-439a-8d57-55c00bccf56b/RlzOPCFKFVhWihc1l1bd_b-e.png","author":"Melinda Lee","episode_count":172,"summary":"How loud is your inner critic? Would you love to silence the inner critic and develop the skills to Speak in Flow? After a decade of studying the state of flow, Melinda Lee has found the actionable and practical steps for heart-centred leaders to develop their communication confidence. Melinda helps leaders like you overcome their fear of public speaking and transform self-doubt into confidence & freedom, so they can exponentially increase their impact with heart and ease. We all have an internal dial of authentic strength, and when we learn to turn it up in spite of our circumstances, people feel and hear us, and our world changes. That is the power of our voice. When we Speak in Flow: · We feel free to be ourselves. · We speak from the heart. · We can connect with our audience · We feel more in alignment with our purpose. · Other people are attracted to us, and more opportunities show up! There are many ways to manifest authority, abundance and influence. What I stand for and love doing is empowering others to get in touch with their heart, tune into their intuition, and communicate their truth. This is Speak in Flow.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T18:19:22.350953+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/speak-in-flow-6304208"},"episode":{"title":"Should Leaders Speak Up About Current Events?","slug":"should-leaders-speak-up-about-current-events","published_at":"2026-04-02T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/speak-in-flow-6304208/should-leaders-speak-up-about-current-events","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/speak-in-flow-6304208","url":"https://speakinflow.com/should-leaders-speak-up-about-current-events","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/096a32e2-2279-4b88-b610-d9d3588edcd7.mp3","summary":"The world feels heavy. Between military conflicts, civil unrest, and constant geopolitical tension, it's not just the news cycle that's disrupted… It's our workplaces. In this timely and essential episode of the Speak In Flow Podcast, host Melinda Lee sits down with Kimberly Davis, founder of Brave Leadership, to tackle the urgent question on every leader's mind: How do you guide your team through uncertainty when you're struggling with it yourself? Kimberly shares a powerful framework for moving from survival mode to intentional leadership, proving that you don't need to be superhuman to create a safe, productive environment. In This Episode, You Will Learn: The Elephant in the Room (Literally) “When the elephant wants to go in a different direction than the rider, who's gonna win? The elephant, all day long.” Kimberly breaks down the brilliant metaphor from Switch to explain why you can't logic your way through raw emotion. Ignoring your team's feelings doesn't make them disappear; it gives them the power to destroy productivity and trust. Your Silence is Speaking Volumes \"When there's an absence of information, our brains are going to fill in that empty space. And it's often not going to fill in the way we want it to.\" Discover why staying silent to avoid conflict actually creates more damage. Your team is already making up stories about what you think and feel, learn how to step in before those stories erode their trust in you. The 90-Second Rule for Lowering the Temperature \"Give them about 90 seconds to speak through it in a way that will lower that emotion.\" When an employee is highly charged, logic is useless. Kimberly provides a simple, actionable technique to help someone feel seen and heard, which is the only way to defuse the emotion and eventually have a l…","meta_description":"The world feels heavy. Between military conflicts, civil unrest, and constant geopolitical tension, it's not just the news cycle that's disrupted… It's ou…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1659,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/speak-in-flow-6304208/episodes/should-leaders-speak-up-about-current-events/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/speak-in-flow-6304208/should-leaders-speak-up-about-current-events.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}